Dallas Daycare Owner Allegedly Drugged And Tied Up Children

MESQUITE, TX — A 60-year-old Dallas area daycare owner stands accused of drugging and leaving babies in car seats for at least seven hours each day. Rebecca Anderson, who owned and ran Becky’s Home Child Care, was arrested on nine counts of abandonment and endangering a child, the Star -Telegram reported. Although the arrest affidavit was heavily redacted, it provided some details into what Anderson allegedly did.

One incident allegedly involved Anderson yanking a 6-month-old baby by his bib and feeding him an unknown substance using a plastic syringe, the Star-Telegram added. This was all caught on video after the baby's family placed a small camera on his car seat.

Police executed a search warrant of Becky’s Home Child Care Friday and found three children strapped to car seats and sitting alone in a room with the lights off, Fox4News reported.

Anderson registered the daycare at 4307 Tamarix Court in July 1989, according to records with Texas Health and Human Services. Only one medium-high level deficiency was found at the business over the past three years. Anderson is being held at the Dallas County Jail. Her bond is set at $45,000.

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